“Paul and I looked at each other, ‘Wow!’” Gene Simmons has been recalling what happened the day in late 1972 when Ace Frehley auditioned for Kiss. The then-21 year old guitarist, it seems, made a ...

Although the guitarist eventually aced his audition, his relationship with Simmons and the rest of the band got off to a ...

A look at the nature of inspiration, via Gene Simmons moving to the US at eight, discovering rock music, comics and movies, and forming Kiss as a direct result.

Dropped and downtunings later became a defining characteristic of many ’90s guitar bands, but Gene Simmons recently stressed that Kiss was early to the detuning party. “Unlike other bands ...

Lead guitarist Frehley hadn’t sung a lead vocal on a Kiss song until a year earlier. In this band, it was rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley and bassist Gene Simmons who wrote and sang most of the songs - ...

He was a founding member of the band alongside guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley, bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons and drummer Peter Criss ... Ace’s famous stage prop was his rocket-firing guitar, which ...

Gene Simmons has added more shows to his 2025 solo ... a business model that is just semi-genius. I show up with my guitar pick. That's it. There's no manager, no roadies, no trucks, no equipment.